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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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Nested Claims, Cross‐Segmental Issues, and Elite Competition in Powersharing
Abstract Powersharing systems rely on descriptive representation, where elected elites ‘stand in’ for their segment's voters, incentivising intransigence and penalising cross‐segmental cooperation. Yet powersharing politics regularly witness cross‐segmental appeals, voting patterns and party formation.
Timofey Agarin
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Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation
Abstract Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring
Francesco Molica +2 more
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Seeking Shelter From Brexit: Ireland and the United States
ABSTRACT This article explores the factors that account for the US foreign policy position on Brexit and situates that discussion in a ‘seeking shelter’ context. Through a specific focus on how Ireland approached the challenge of Brexit, it determines the logic for pursuing US shelter and identifies the conditions which facilitated the cultivation of ...
Mary C. Murphy
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ABSTRACT This paper takes the body as a focal point to deliver new insights into what drives or constrains labour environmentalism. More precisely, it looks at how labour–environment dynamics are inscribed in and negotiated through the bodies of steelworkers in IJmuiden (the Netherlands) and Hauts‐de‐France (France).
Anaëlle Bueno Patin
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A ‘New Unionism’ for 21st Century Britain: Towards a Strategic Synthesis
ABSTRACT The article presents research exploring how ‘mainstream’ unions can revitalise inspired by the bottom‐up organising of ‘indie’ unions. Putting insights from the ‘organising debate’ and Power Resource Theory to iterative work with rich interview data, we develop a strategic synthesis for a new unionism for 21st Century Britain.
Carl Hughes +2 more
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Do Trade Unions Make Their Members More Left‐Wing? Evidence From the United Kingdom
ABSTRACT A large body of literature suggests that trade unions can make their members more left‐wing. Using panel data from the British Household Panel Survey and the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, I investigated this claim, focussing on how unions shape their members' views on economic and social issues, political participation, and ...
Cameron Rhys Herbert
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Transitioning medical education towards trans-disciplinarity. [PDF]
Bhaumik S.
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Neoliberalism and Radical Rights: On the Work and Theory of Law and Organising. [PDF]
Fay W.
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Trabalho e sindicato: posições em debate na sociologia hoje
Work and trade unions are recurrent themes in the sociological literature focusing on processes designated as "productive restructuring". This article discusses both the way by which labor sociology has analyzed and interpreted these themes and the ...
Ramalho José Ricardo
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